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Friends Push [Fox News head Roger] Ailes for President
Politico ^ | 10/23/2009 | Mike Allen

Posted on 10/23/2009 9:42:07 AM PDT by Alter Kaker

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1 posted on 10/23/2009 9:42:08 AM PDT by Alter Kaker
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I could go for that...don’t know if he could win..but somebody has go to get the Republicans back to conservatism. The Dede New York fiasco shows that many really have lost touch with the base.


2 posted on 10/23/2009 9:46:08 AM PDT by RummyChick
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No way. He’d immediately turn off more than half the country. He would instantly have a negative/positive ratio similar to Rush’s.

Which is fine, as long as you’re not looking for elected office.


3 posted on 10/23/2009 9:46:31 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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To: Alter Kaker

If we’re going to go with someone from Fox, why not Glenn Beck?


4 posted on 10/23/2009 9:48:31 AM PDT by Welcome2thejungle
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Don’t do it, Rog!!!!! You need to stay with “fair and balanced”! It’s working real well...keep up the good work...


5 posted on 10/23/2009 9:48:54 AM PDT by matginzac
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To: Alter Kaker

Roger Ailes does a great job at Fox news. That’s where he belongs.

But tweaking the libs and sending them into a panic, is a good thing.


6 posted on 10/23/2009 9:49:23 AM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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Ailes needs to stay right where he is...maybe buy another network or 2.....and a hollyweard studio or 2....and a radio station or 2......and a newspaper or 2.....so on....I think you get my drift. We need to push the left out of every nook and cranny they feel so safe in....take this fight to their base...THE MEDIA!
7 posted on 10/23/2009 9:49:47 AM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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Check out the lib comments at the end of the article. They frame everything around race and age. I guess its still better to have a hip, rock star president with no known background.


8 posted on 10/23/2009 9:49:56 AM PDT by Dewey Revoltnow
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Not half.
Maybe 10-20% that are full blown leftists who are convinced Fox News is EVIL!
But it would be fun watching them froth at the mouth...


9 posted on 10/23/2009 9:50:05 AM PDT by astyanax (Liberalism: Logic's retarded cousin.)
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Really!?!

I wonder what kind of ‘crowd turnout’ Roger can achieve in comparison to Sarah.


10 posted on 10/23/2009 9:50:30 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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Why leave your empire for the white house? No way.


11 posted on 10/23/2009 9:50:49 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
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"I have known Roger Ailes for 29 years," says Luntz. “No one knows how to win better than Roger."

Then if you must, make him a campaign manager, not a candidate. I agree with the other posters, he should really stay where he is.

12 posted on 10/23/2009 9:52:10 AM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: Welcome2thejungle

Thank you - I know why they wouldn’t, but what a hard worker and a decent guy, huh?


13 posted on 10/23/2009 9:54:08 AM PDT by NordP (Democrats: Break the Law (like Bill) ... Not The Rules (like Joe) !!!)
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I smell a rat....if the Dems can create the impression out there that Ailes is a political player, then the Obamites can pretend to feel justified in freezing out Fox as a partisan opponent.


14 posted on 10/23/2009 9:54:12 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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“Maybe 10-20% that are full blown leftists who are convinced Fox News is EVIL!
But it would be fun watching them froth at the mouth...”

Like Rush has what, a 40/60 for/against split? Those are great numbers for Rush IMO, but it’s no good for running for office. Great for him though.

They would instantly make this guy into the same kind of polarizing figure. He’s not mega-con anyway.

I haven’t seen FNC in years, but he was the head guy when I did, and it wasn’t super conservative.


15 posted on 10/23/2009 9:54:21 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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To: Alter Kaker

No thanks.


16 posted on 10/23/2009 9:54:45 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier whose wife is expecting twins SONS.)
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To: ravingnutter

Excellent point and we need a power player behind our Conservative candidate to offset all the ACORN crap about to hit the political fan during an election.


17 posted on 10/23/2009 9:55:12 AM PDT by NordP (Democrats: Break the Law (like Bill) ... Not The Rules (like Joe) !!!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Ewwwww.... you ARE smart - gooood thinking. I'm SURE you are right. It's all part of the "FOX is bad" theme. Brilliant - you win today's private eye award! Glenn Beck would be proud ;-)
18 posted on 10/23/2009 9:56:49 AM PDT by NordP (Democrats: Break the Law (like Bill) ... Not The Rules (like Joe) !!!)
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To: rightwingextremist1776

Ailes needs to stay right where he is...maybe buy another network or 2.....and a hollyweard studio or 2....and a radio station or 2......and a newspaper or 2.....so on....I think you get my drift. We need to push the left out of every nook and cranny they feel so safe in....take this fight to their base...THE MEDIA!


I love it,big dittos for that idea!!! The best thing he could ever do for his country is to help take back over the corrupted media - both news and entertainment


19 posted on 10/23/2009 9:57:03 AM PDT by boxlunch
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Just what we don’t need—a 72yo fat-cat candidate against Obama in ‘12. Ailes would be great doing the patriotic thing and donating his wisdom and expertise to a strong candidate, whether that’s Palin or someone yet to emerge.

But no, he’s not got a snowball’s chance—and his friends aren’t doing him any favors. (Just the usually suck-up to the wealthy and powerful, I imagine.)


20 posted on 10/23/2009 10:06:08 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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